Professor of psychiatry and author Kay Redfield Jamison explains that the decision to commit suicide is usually the result of prolonged depression and hopelessness. In some cases, Dr. Jamison notes, those who make this choice do so because they don'...
Depression is not the normal ups and downs of mood that are part of life but getting stuck down and staying there for weeks. The physical and emotional symptoms of depression range from a sense of profound worthlessness and loss of interest in what ...